City wall of Jaipur
Ariel view of Walled City
Jaipur walled city gate, 1907.
The Jaipur city wall is the city wall encircling the old Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.
History[]
It was built in 1727 when the city was founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II.
Features[]
Zorawar Singh Gate
The wall is six meters high and three meters thick. There are seven gates in the wall. The gates are:
- Chandpole
- Surajpole
- Ajmeri gate
- New gate
- Sanganeri gate
- Ghat gate
- Samrat gate
- Zorawar Singh Gate
References[]
- Building Jaipur: the making of an Indian city By Vibhuti Sachdev, Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson
- Jaipur Municipal Corporation
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